Bank OZK announced that they hired Ottie Kerley as its newly created Chief Deposit Officer, to oversee all aspects of the bank’s deposit strategies, including data analytics, deposit growth and deposit pricing. Kerley has over a decade of experience in deposit pricing, financial analysis, forecasting and statistical modeling for national and regional banks including SunTrust Bank, where he most recently led deposit pricing for a $110 billion consumer deposit portfolio. Previously, he was a senior financial manager for consumer deposit finance and wholesale deposit pricing at SunTrust Bank, and a marketing database analyst for Wells Fargo & Company.